39RZ17 - Sense of the Ziu: Humanitarian Aid Fund, Redux

WHEREAS Talossa exemplifies in extraordinary ways the true nature of nationhood; and

WHEREAS Talossa has a conscience, and a will to act on that conscience; and

WHEREAS Talossa consists of friends, countrymen and lovers, whose communal existence defines them; and

WHEREAS Talossa consists of humans - a species to which a high calling is to aid those in grave need; and

WHEREAS Talossa recognises, with its conscience, as a community, as humans, that it has a duty to its fellow man;

THEREFORE, the sense of the Ziu is that, under the auspices of the Ministry of Finance, a Humanitarian Aid Fund should be created, with the follows points of operation:

I. The fund shall consist of voluntary contributions held by the Ministry of Finance and accounted for in its regular reports; of budgetary earmarks, if the government operates under budgeting legislation; or of individual legislative earmarks, if the government does not operate under such.

II. The Ministry of Finance shall form a Guiding Committee to direct funding, consisting of (i) the Minister of Finance; (ii) the Seneschal; (iii) and an "opposition" MC or Senator, not elected from the governing party (or coalition), selected by the Minister of Finance.

If this "opposition" committee member should become a member of the governing party (or coalition) at any point, they shall be replaced by another "opposition" member, selected by the Minister of Finance. Non-governing parties who have members in the Cabinet are not disbarred in this manner, but those members within the Cabinet are.

III. All funding decisions must be announced, including full details of recipient(s) and funds assigned, at least 7 days before the planned date of donation.

Noi urent q'estadra så,
Owen Edwards (MC-PP)
Baron Alexandreu Davinescu (Senator-MM)